'We are writing this letter to ask you to help find our daughter. In it, they begged for information that would lead to their daughter's discovery. On Thursday afternoon, an attorney for Petito's family, Richard Stafford, read a letter from her parents that was written to Laundrie's parents. Laundrie is now a person of interest in the investigation into her disappearance, police said. Petito's family says it lost contact with her in late August and reported her missing Saturday. I said, 'Let's just step back and breathe,' and she got me with her phone.' When the officer asked Laundrie about scratches on his face, he responded: 'She had her phone and was trying to get the keys from me.
In the nearly hourlong video, the couple admitted to arguing all morning.